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Cuccoceras

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae

Taxonomy
Cuccoceras was named by Diener (1907) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis-m Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Balatonitidae by Spath (1951), Tozer (1981); and to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Cuccoceras Diener
1951Cuccoceras Spath p. 16
1981Cuccoceras Tozer p. 92
2002Cuccoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyBalatonitidae
genusCuccoceras

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Cuccoceras Diener 1907
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†Cuccoceras asseretoi Fantini Sestini 1988
†Cuccoceras cuccense Mojsisovics 1873
†Cuccoceras taramellii Mojsisovics 1873
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height316.410.825.017.910.0
shell diameter338.227.561.233.218.0
shell inflation313.89.5020.014.87.42

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Bithynian to the top of the Pelsonian or 244.99000 to 243.33000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy (Udine) Dinarites cuccensis, Dinarites taramellii (211752)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Vietnam C. annamiticum (44775) C. cuccense (44764)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Guangxi) C. cuccense (122643) C. sp. (44729)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Laos C. sp. (44797)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Barentsøya) C. sp. (212892)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Chile (Atacama) C. cuccense (200772)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Russian Federation (Primorye) C. sp. (47273 47274)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Türkiye C. asseretoi (143945)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Türkiye C. asseretoi (143903) C. cuccense (143904)
Pelsonian - Tuvalian244.24 - 227.3Türkiye (Anatolia) C. cuccense (204511)